>> Judge Judy: Ms. Foshee, where
do you and your friends come
from?
>> Hot Springs, Arkansas.
>> Judge Judy: And how long have
you all been friends?
>> We went to high school
together, but we just recently
started talking, so probably a
few months.
>> Judge Judy: But you went to
high school together.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: This case is
about some messing around one
evening with a laser.
I actually don't know what a
laser looks like.
Does anybody have one?
No.
What does it look like,
Mr. Maddox?
>> It's probably 6 or 7 inches
long, probably 3 inches in
diameter.
Shines a light pretty far.
It's a blue light.
It's pretty powerful.
>> Judge Judy: What do you do
with it?
>> It's like an engraving laser.
We just like to play around
with it.
We go to the lake a lot.
So, usually when we're on the
lake, we'll shine it across the
lake or, you know, walk through
the woods with it, start a fire
with it.
We're from Arkansas.
We're rednecks.
[ Light laughter ]
>> Judge Judy: Are those the
lasers that they're talking
about, sir, that you point up
and you could blind pilots?
>> I don't know about that.
>> Yes, they are.
>> Judge Judy: I've read about
that several months ago, that
some morons were seeing if they
could blind pilots as they were
flying with something like a
laser.
>> Hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Is that what they
use?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Where did you buy
the laser?
>> It was actually my witness's.
>> Judge Judy: Belonged to you?
>> Yes, ma'am.
Oh.
>> Judge Judy: Your name?
>> My name's Tyler Waters.
>> Judge Judy: Mr. Waters, when
did you buy the laser?
>> I'm not sure when I bought
it, but I seen something on
Instagram about it.
And I thought it was pretty
cool, so I had to have it.
I ordered it and --
>> Judge Judy: You ordered it
from whom?
>> eBay.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> I'm not quite sure.
>> Judge Judy: Well, let's try
and think of a month, a year.
>> It's within a year.
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
pay for it?
>> I probably paid about 40
bucks for it.
>> Judge Judy: Why don't you not
make things up?
I mean, you did know why we paid
for you to come here as a
witness, didn't you?
We're not here talking about
making chicken soup.
We're here talking about a
laser.
So every detail of your purchase
and what you had to do with this
laser, you should have been
thinking about on the plane
from Arkansas.
Do you know what I'm talking
about?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, now let's get to --
You bought it on eBay. When?
>> A year ago.
>> Judge Judy: And how did you
pay for it?
>> Through a debit card.
>> Judge Judy: How much did you
pay for it?
>> 50 bucks.
>> Judge Judy: All right.
So, it just became more
expensive, from $40 to $50.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And tell me,
Mr. Waters, what have you done
with this laser that you
purchased?
>> Not much with it.
It's cool.
I mean, it will pop a balloon.
That's all I know.
It's pretty cool.
It shines far, and it's bright.
>> Judge Judy: Well, so, you
paid 50 bucks for something that
pops a balloon.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: What else have
you done with it?
>> That's about it. I mean --
>> Judge Judy: Nah!
Then you're an idiot.
You know, you can take a pin and
pop a balloon.
>> You can shine it in the
water and it leaves a beam
and it's pretty cool.
>> Judge Judy: Shoot it in the
water, it leaves a beam.
>> Yes, ma'am.
It's a toy laser kind of.
>> Judge Judy: So, you pop a
balloon, and you shine it in
water.
I want to know what you've done
with the laser.
>> You can reflect things.
It'll just shoot everywhere.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now, did you ever loan the laser
to Mr. Maddox?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: How many times
did you loan it to Mr. Maddox?
>> Just that night.
>> Judge Judy: The night that
something happened with her
phone.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So, Mr. Maddox,
your experience with lasers
extends beyond your experience
with Mr. Waters' laser because
you say it's a really cool
thing.
You can walk in the woods, and
you can start fires.
So, you had other experience
with lasers.
>> A few occasions.
>> Judge Judy: When and whose?
>> Um, well, I've had --
>> Judge Judy: "Um" is not an
answer.
>> I've had little lasers, like
cat lasers.
I've never had --
>> Judge Judy: Cat lasers.
>> Yep, like you'd play with a
cat with, little red laser.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, you mean when
they -- when cats will follow
the red dot.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, but that
didn't start a fire.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: No.
So, I want to know when you had
experience of a laser starting a
fire in the woods.
>> Okay, me and him went
camping, and we didn't have a
lighter.
So, he had his laser.
We built a little mound of
leaves and lit the fire with --
>> Judge Judy: He forgot to tell
me that.
He just remembers busting a
balloon and putting it in water.
>> [ Chuckles ]
>> It happened.
>> Judge Judy: You thinking
about that?
>> I just -- I probably forgot.
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> I probably forgot about it.
I wasn't thinking. [ Chuckles ]